headline: extra large font across top of front page, placed above or below the masthead
wire service: a news agency or organization that gathers news and transmits it to individual subscribing newspaper (AP, CP, Reuters)
tabloid: a smaller format 1/2 broadsheet folded, often preferred by publishers of local papers or commuter papers and the sensationalist press (National Enquirer)
broadsheet: full-size newspaper, averaging six columns to a page
column:
the vertical divisions of a page
opinion or comment expressed by a regular writer
masthead: information about the newspaper, such as the name of the publishing company, names of the officers of the company, location of editorial offices, editorship and distribution facts, all usually found at the top of the editorial page
hard news: up-to-the-minute news and events that are reported immediately
soft news: background information or human interest stories
paparazzi: international press corps who compete for stories, usually of a sensational nature
reporter: a person hired to rush to the scene and phone back information as soon as possible or to key the report into a word processing terminal at the newspaper office
layout: the position of stories, advertisements, photos and graphics on a page
morgue: the newspaper's collection of clippings, photos, reference materials and microfilm
deadline: the assigned time for stories to be submitted in order to make the issue going to press
The Toronto Star January 2, 1945
Prarie Historical Newspapers
font: style and size of type
headline: extra large font across top of front page, placed above or below the masthead
wire service: a news agency or organization that gathers news and transmits it to individual subscribing newspaper (AP, CP, Reuters)
tabloid: a smaller format 1/2 broadsheet folded, often preferred by publishers of local papers or commuter papers and the sensationalist press (National Enquirer)
broadsheet: full-size newspaper, averaging six columns to a page
column:
- the vertical divisions of a page
- opinion or comment expressed by a regular writer
masthead: information about the newspaper, such as the name of the publishing company, names of the officers of the company, location of editorial offices, editorship and distribution facts, all usually found at the top of the editorial pagehard news: up-to-the-minute news and events that are reported immediately
soft news: background information or human interest stories
paparazzi: international press corps who compete for stories, usually of a sensational nature
reporter: a person hired to rush to the scene and phone back information as soon as possible or to key the report into a word processing terminal at the newspaper office
layout: the position of stories, advertisements, photos and graphics on a page
morgue: the newspaper's collection of clippings, photos, reference materials and microfilm
deadline: the assigned time for stories to be submitted in order to make the issue going to press